Weather Factors

The picture shows a cumulonimbus cloud forming over an ocean. Which statement best explains how the sun and the ocean interact to form a cumulonimbus cloud?

• Heat from the sun warms the ocean causing water to evaporate. The water vapor then condenses to form a cumulonimbus cloud.

• Heat from the sun causes clouds in the area to gather over the ocean and form on large cumulonimbus cloud.

• Light from the sun shines on the ocean, causing water vapor to condense. The water then evaporates to form a cumulonimbus cloud.

• Light from the sun causes ocean water to reflect water vapor in the air and gather over the ocean into a cumulonimbus cloud.

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This picture shows -

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• transpiration

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Which of the following events in the water cycle is an example of solar energy being absorbed?

• Water vapor condensing to form clouds.

• Water evaporating from the surface of an ocean.

• Rain freezing as it falls to the ground.

• Clouds releasing precipitation over a mountain.

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This photograph shows a beach on a partly sunny day. Which of the following is an interaction between the sun and the ocean that results in clouds forming near the beach?

• Energy from the sun causes precipitation over the ocean.

• Energy from the sun causes water to evaporate from the ocean.

• Light from the sun reflects off the surface of the ocean.

• Light from the sun decreases the amount of water vapor in the air over the ocean.

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TEMPERATURE is...

• how cold or hot the air is

• the amount of invisible water vapour in the air

• any form of water that falls to the Earth

• Movement of air

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PRECIPITATION is...

• the weight of the atmosphere

• the amount of invisible water vapour in the air

• any form of water that falls to the Earth

• Movement of air

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WIND is...

• the weight of the atmosphere

• the amount of invisible water vapour in the air

• the amount of clouds formed in the sky

• movement of air

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AIR PRESSURE is...

• the weight of the atmosphere

• how hot or cold the air is

• the amount of clouds formed in the sky

• movement of air

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HUMIDITY is...

• the weight of the atmosphere

• how hot or cold the air is

• the amount of clouds formed in the sky

• the amount of invisible water vapor in the air

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CLOUDINESS is...

• the weight of the atmosphere

• how hot or cold the air is

• the amount of clouds formed in the sky

• the amount of invisible water vapor in the air